The international geography . P^.Wx^.-C^. Sr,gb^ laim Fig. 408.—r/re Site of Valparaiso. 848 The International Geography centre of very great importance. The Copiapo valley, though narrow, isvery fertile, and is the most northerly point of Chile to which agriculturehas been carried. La Serena (30° S.), situated close to one of the bestChilean ports, Coquimbo, is the chief town of a province boasting a mostdelightful climate, but owing its importance to its mineral wealth, and itsnumerous metallurgical establishments. Concepcion (36° 20 S.), situated at the mouth of the Biobio, the largestriver
The international geography . P^.Wx^.-C^. Sr,gb^ laim Fig. 408.—r/re Site of Valparaiso. 848 The International Geography centre of very great importance. The Copiapo valley, though narrow, isvery fertile, and is the most northerly point of Chile to which agriculturehas been carried. La Serena (30° S.), situated close to one of the bestChilean ports, Coquimbo, is the chief town of a province boasting a mostdelightful climate, but owing its importance to its mineral wealth, and itsnumerous metallurgical establishments. Concepcion (36° 20 S.), situated at the mouth of the Biobio, the largestriver in Chile, is the commercial centre of the whole southern region asfar as the river Cautin, about 38° 30 S. A railway connects it withSantiago; with old Araucania, an agricultural, wooded region of consider-able importance ; and with the coal-bearing coast region to the port of Concepcion is at TalcaJiuano, situated in the beautiful andextensive bay of Concepcion. Talcahuano has a tirst-rate dry dock, builtof stone, round
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